Wow – EWG has done it again. Instead of sounding like whiners, they always find great ways to exemplify the issues with chemical and toxin exposure that grab your attention and have an impact.

This time, they looked at 5 women from all over the country, from different cultural traditions and are exposed to different environmental hazards outside of their homes. These are no ordinary women – they are 5 women who have been fighting against environmental pollution for years. But rather than testing the women for the big industrial chemicals, they chose to check for household chemicals which drives the point home that we are bombarded everywhere we are. This is what they found:

“All 5 were contaminated with flame retardants, Teflon chemicals, synthetic fragrances, the plastics ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) and the rocket fuel component perchlorate.

Each had a high body burden of at least one controversial chemical whose lack of regulation and widespread presence in American life is fueling debate over reform of the nation’s toxic chemical policies.

Overall the women tested positive for 48 of 75 chemicals for which EWG-commissioned laboratories searched, with a range from 26 to 45 per person.”

So you have to figure, these are women who are more aware than the average person of the toxins in their surroundings. And they STILL found all those chemicals. Scary to think about what we are probably carrying in our bodies. Really – doesn’t it seem that it’s high time that chemicals and toxins get a lot more attention from our regulatory agencies – and that the companies who produce the chemicals take responsibility for what they are doing to us all?

If you’d like to read more about the study, check out the EWG blog